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"Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off."
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"Politicians look for interests not people."
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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."
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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."
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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."
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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."
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"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."
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"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."
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"I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated."
Capitalism
"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
Politics
"Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off."
Politics
"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."
Democracy
"So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations."
Politics
"It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large."
Business
"I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics."
Politics
"Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries."
Cause
"I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics."
Politics
"In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks."
Democracy
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